The Erasmus Mundus External Cooperation Window aims at mutual enrichment and better understanding between the EU and Third-Countries. It is designed to foster institutional co-operation in the field of higher education between the European Union and third-countries through a mobility scheme addressing student and academic exchanges for the purpose of studying, teaching, training and research.

The following activities and costs will be covered by the programme: the setting of institutional-based partnerships of European and third Country higher education institutions to cover both types of activities:

• the organisation of individual mobility of higher education students, researchers and academic staff;
• the implementation of individual mobility. The types of mobility and education to be funded under this call are:
• -- students: undergraduate, master, doctorate and post-doctorate mobility opportunities;
• -- academic staff: exchanging for the purposes of teaching, practical training and research.

There are three groups of eligible countries/regions:

• the 27 member States of the European Union,
• European Candidate countries (Croatia and Turkey) and EEA countries (Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway),
• the following Third-countries and geographical regions: Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Russia, India, Southern and Eastern neighbouring area, Middle East region, Central Asian Republics, African Caribbean and Pacific Group of States, Western Balkans region and Asia region.

For the Western Balkan countries, a budget of 6 million euro is available for the current call. The overall indicative amount made available under this call for proposals is EUR 100,348 million.

Further information: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/site/en/oj/2007/c_291/c_29120071205en00120013.pdf
http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/extcoop/call/index.htm

Source: CORDIS
Official Journal of the European Union, OJ No C291 of 5 December 2007, page 12